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Operating while intoxicated
1999 Wis. Act
109 (Vetoed in Part)
1999 Senate Bill
125
Publication date*: May 17, 2000
Relating to: Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of
an intoxicant or drugs, or both; immobilization of, installation of an
ignition interlock device on or seizure of motor vehicles for offenses
related to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant; absolute
sobriety for repeat drunken drivers; restrictions on prisoner release
from jail or prison; creating a safe-ride grant program; creating an
ignition interlock device program; counting drunk driving offenses;
pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grants; requiring a report on
incarceration alternatives and ignition interlock devices; certain
alcohol beverage offenses committed by persons under the legal drinking
age; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and
providing penalties.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates different
from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Motor vehicle registration
1999 Wis. Act
110
1999 Assembly
Bill 327
Publication date*: May 17, 2000
Relating to: Requiring motor vehicle owners to include their
birth dates on applications for motor vehicle registration and
forfeiture of vehicles involved in certain drug crimes.
Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of
the seventh month beginning after publication.
Police identification reports
1999 Wis. Act
111
1999 Assembly
Bill 328
Publication date*: May 17, 2000
Relating to: Admitting certain police identification reports
at preliminary examinations.
Conducting lead investigations
1999 Wis. Act
113 (Vetoed in Part)
1999 Assembly
Bill 806
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: Conducting lead investigations, lead-bearing
paint hazard control, requirements for certification of lead-free or
lead-safe status for dwellings and premises, immunity from liability for
lead poisoning or lead exposure, a report on the affordability and
availability of liability insurance for lead-bearing paint hazards,
granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making
authority and making appropriations.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates different
from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Birth defects prevention
1999 Wis. Act
114
1999 Senate Bill
290
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: Birth defects prevention surveillance.
Insurance for child immunizations
1999 Wis. Act
115
1999 Senate Bill
136
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: Requiring insurance coverage of certain
immunizations for children.
Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of
the sixth month beginning after publication.
Special education eligibility
1999 Wis. Act
116
1999 Assembly
Bill 412
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: Modifying the definition of a parent of a child
with a disability for special education purposes.
School district open enrollment
1999 Wis. Act
117
1999 Assembly
Bill 367
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: School district open enrollment and tuition
waivers and payments.
Number of school district applications by pupil
1999 Wis. Act
118
1999 Senate Bill
309
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: The number of school districts to which a pupil
may apply under the open enrollment program.
Garnishment exemptions
1999 Wis. Act
119
1999 Assembly
Bill 391
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: Disposable earning exempt from garnishment.
Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of
the fourth month beginning after publication.
Wisconsin health and educational facilities bonding authority
1999 Wis. Act
120
1999 Assembly
Bill 694
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: Bonding authority of the Wisconsin health and
educational facilities authority.
Tax foreclosure action judgments
1999 Wis. Act
121
1999 Assembly
Bill 871
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: Assigning a judgment in a tax foreclosure
action.
State and tobacco product manufacturers agreement
1999 Wis. Act
122
1999 Senate Bill
122
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: An agreement between the state and tobacco
product manufacturers and granting rule-making authority.
High school drop out prevention programs
1999 Wis. Act
123
1999 Senate Bill
241
Publication date*: May 22, 2000
Relating to: Programs for children at risk of not graduating
from high school.
Effective date: This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.
Driver education organ donation instruction
1999 Wis. Act
124
1999 Assembly
Bill 764
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Requiring driver education courses to include
instruction pertaining to organ and tissue donation.
Paid absence for state employees to donate organs, tissue
1999 Wis. Act
125
1999 Assembly
Bill 545
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Paid leaves of absence for state employees for
the purpose of serving as bone marrow and human organ donors.
Use of epinephrine auto-injectors on pupils
1999 Wis. Act
126
1999 Assembly
Bill 714
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Use of epinephrine auto-injectors on pupils by
certain school employees and volunteers.
Criminal liability of school personnel for corporal punishment
1999 Wis. Act
127
1999 Assembly Bill 1000
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Criminal liability of school personnel for
corporate punishment.
Effective date: This act takes effect retroactively to Sept.
1, 1988.
Early reinstatement to school of expelled pupil
1999 Wis. Act
128
1999 Assembly
Bill 447
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: The conditional early reinstatement to school
of a pupil who has been expelled from school.
Methamphetamine manufacture, disposal of waste
1999 Wis. Act
129
1999 Assembly
Bill 704
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Possession and disposal of waste produced by
the illegal manufacture of the controlled substance methamphetamine,
possession of paraphernalia used in the manufacture of the controlled
substance methamphetamine, and providing penalties.
Tuition remission for children, spouses of ambulance drivers,
EMTs
1999 Wis. Act
130
1999 Assembly
Bill 114
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Tuition remission for children and surviving
spouses of ambulance drivers and emergency medical services personnel
killed in the line of duty.
Reimbursement of towns for fire calls on state, federal
highways
1999 Wis. Act
131
1999 Assembly
Bill 116
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: State reimbursement of towns for fire calls on
state or federal highways.
Child laborer proof of age
1999 Wis. Act
132
1999 Assembly
Bill 400
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Proof of age of a minor for purposes of the
child labor laws and granting rule-making authority.
Eligibility of kinship care payments
1999 Wis. Act
133
1999 Assembly
Bill 706
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Eligibility for kinship care or long-term
kinship care payments of a relative who is providing care and
maintenance for a person 18 years of age or over, but under 19 years of
age, who is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary
school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably
expected to complete his or her program of study and be granted a high
school or high school equivalency diploma.
Effective date: Eligibility of students over 18 for kinship
care and long-term kinship care payments. This act takes effect on the
first day of the first month beginning after publication.
Antique slot machine possession
1999 Wis. Act
134
1999 Assembly
Bill 273
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Legalizing the possession, in certain places,
and transfer of antique slot machines used solely for display,
restoration, or preservation purposes, and providing a penalty.
Definition of "bed and breakfast" establishment
1999 Wis. Act
135
1999 Assembly
Bill 606
Publication date*: May 23, 2000
Relating to: Expanding the definition of "bed and breakfast
establishment" and clarifying the application of the uniform dwelling
code requirements to bed and breakfast establishments.
*Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1997-98: Effective date of acts.
"Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over
the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time
when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of
publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of
publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of
enactment].
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